Navigon updates iPhone app, adds some desired features

Does anyone know if any of the new GPS apps take advantage of the 3GS compass?

After this update, the screen does not stay lit. (It's not locking, just going dim.)

Backlighting kicks on before some turns, but not all of them. Any users know how to get the screen to stay backlit?

(The iPhone is plugged in to a Griffin iTrip AutoPilot charger, and mounted on the windshield with a Griffin WindowSeat.)

Still holding out for TomTom's App and Cradle, although at this point almost seems like Vaporware. If its not out by the first of October I'm probably going Navigon and a DLO VentDock

How did we ever manage without satnav?

As for Text to speech, I find sometimes there are two streets very close to each other and the "turn now" is not very clear as to which street it is to turn on, either because of the GPS accuracy or my speed, and knowing the name of the street gives me more information, and confidence, in these circumstances. Currently I must guess which turn to take and 50% of the time I need to get re-routed. So I am looking forward to this function, which I believe will make this product superior to all the other products, ESPECIALLY at their current $69 price!

Ahhh so Alk copilot we meet again... or will we...

I had copilot for years on a (now super old) ipaq, I even bought several upgrades for it. It was generally a very good guidance system when joined to a good blue tooth GPS unit. I ultimately, angrerly, ditched it though. The ipaq had battery issues and would fully discharge (not alk fault of course but...) but their bloody fucking registration/activation DRM shit was so aggressive that every time the device had a problem or lost power completely I had to reactivate, over and over again.
This sucked eggs, especially in the field or late at night on the road with no network (calling in to activate when you are lost and pissed, and late is not fun).

I see notes in their itunes link to suggest that they have not really changed their ways (get through itunes link to avoid avtivation problems etc). ALK's DRM drove me to buy a dedicated unit even though I had tons of money sunk into hardware and software.

Protecting your IP at the expense and frustration of your paying customers is not cool. In writing this I realize I'm still pissed, 3 or so years later at all the aggravation.
So if you do test their package make you also test it with a range of device failure, reimage and other crap that might happen when it's important for it not to to gauge it's recover robustness, something that is very important for real world use, and something ALK had multiple epic fail for me.

I have nothing bad to say about the design they had for the application it's self though just their craptastic ever reactivate DRM.

I have this app and while it does work pretty well I have one problem with it that has not been fixed.

I have used it for directions to a new place that I wasn't sure where it was and the app tells me that the location is on the northbound lane. Only problem was the directions led me to spot on the south bound lane and said my destination was on the north bound lane without telling me how to get there.

And before you guys say all you have to do is use a jughandle turn to get on the other side, here in NJ some of the shopping centers require you to get off an earlier ramp and then use another turn just to get in the shopping center.

I wish these guys would show you the full directions to the location including getting to the correct side of the highway.

I have Navigon MobileNavigator ver1.1.0 (Europe build-324 20090716172210) and no update shows up for me.

Is this a US update only?

check out G-Maps. LEI is giving away copies for FREE!! http://limitededitioniphone.com/week-4-win-g-maps-east-or-west-for-iphone/

CoPilot looks nice. I'll be buying it after work!